Contractors work Sunday on project at Ontario County landfill

Contractors will be working Sunday, Nov. 3, at the Ontario County landfill as part of the ongoing south slope project.

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By Julie Sherwood

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By Julie Sherwood

Posted Nov. 1, 2013 at 4:05 PM

By Julie Sherwood

Posted Nov. 1, 2013 at 4:05 PM

Contractors will be working Sunday, Nov. 3, at the Ontario County landfill as part of the ongoing south slope project. A notice Friday from landfill manager Casella Waste Systems Inc., (http://bit.ly/1b0g7jt) stated that the recent high winds have made it difficult to deploy the rolls of synthetic needed to finish the exposed cap. Work Sunday is necessary to keep the project on schedule, the notice said.

The work Sunday "will be confined to the installation of the geosynthetics only. As such, the only piece of heavy equipment that will be used will be the lift for deployment of the rolls," the notice said.

The project at the landfill on Route 5 and 20 in the town of Seneca involves upgrading landfill gas collection and stormwater-control measures. The gas collection involves installing a 18-inch gas header along the south and west slopes of the operational landfill, to replace the existing 12 inch header.

Additionally, exposed synthetic capping is being expanded along the south and west slopes. After the gas work is completed the stormwater diversion swales along the bottom of these slopes will be reconstructed to manager stormwater.

For more information, call the landfill at (585) 526-4420 and ask for Carla Jordan or Bob Walls.